Guided Tour – The Stedelijk Museum and the Second World War by Gregor Langfeld

This guided tour will focus on the impact of National Socialism on the Stedelijk Museum’s collecting strategies. In the 1930s and 40s, the Stedelijk maintained close ties with artists, collectors, and art dealers who, after Hitler’s rise to power, were increasingly left with no choice but to flee Germany. The arrival of these exiles in the Netherlands influenced the history of this museum, which was just starting to make up for lost time and seriously collect the art of the international avant-garde.

There will be 3 tours of around 20 minutes, starting at the foyer of the Stedelijk Museum.

1:20 – 1:40

1:50 – 2:10

2:20 – 2:40

Gregor Langfeld is Assistant Professor of History of Modern Art at the University of Amsterdam. His books include German Art in New York: The Canonization of Modern Art, 1904–1957 (2015). He co-curated the exhibition The Stedelijk Museum and the Second World War (2015), which arose from his earlier provenance research on the museum’s collection, and edited the catalog for the exhibition. Gregor is currently editing the correspondence between George Grosz and Herbert Fiedler.